Certified bounds on optimization problems in quantum theory

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Main Authors: Naceur, Younes, Wang, Jie, Magron, Victor, Acín, Antonio
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author Naceur, Younes
Wang, Jie
Magron, Victor
Acín, Antonio
author_facet Naceur, Younes
Wang, Jie
Magron, Victor
Acín, Antonio
contents Semidefinite relaxations of polynomial optimization have become a central tool for addressing the non-convex optimization problems over non-commutative operators that are ubiquitous in quantum information theory and, more in general, quantum physics. Yet, as these global relaxation methods rely on floating-point methods, the bounds issued by the semidefinite solver can - and often do - exceed the global optimum, undermining their certifiability. To counter this issue, we introduce a rigorous framework for extracting exact rational bounds on non-commutative optimization problems from numerical data, and apply it to several paradigmatic problems in quantum information theory. An extension to sparsity and symmetry-adapted semidefinite relaxations is also provided and compared to the general dense scheme. Our results establish rational post-processing as a practical route to reliable certification, pushing semidefinite optimization toward a certifiable standard for quantum information science.
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spellingShingle Certified bounds on optimization problems in quantum theory
Naceur, Younes
Wang, Jie
Magron, Victor
Acín, Antonio
Quantum Physics
Symbolic Computation
Optimization and Control
Semidefinite relaxations of polynomial optimization have become a central tool for addressing the non-convex optimization problems over non-commutative operators that are ubiquitous in quantum information theory and, more in general, quantum physics. Yet, as these global relaxation methods rely on floating-point methods, the bounds issued by the semidefinite solver can - and often do - exceed the global optimum, undermining their certifiability. To counter this issue, we introduce a rigorous framework for extracting exact rational bounds on non-commutative optimization problems from numerical data, and apply it to several paradigmatic problems in quantum information theory. An extension to sparsity and symmetry-adapted semidefinite relaxations is also provided and compared to the general dense scheme. Our results establish rational post-processing as a practical route to reliable certification, pushing semidefinite optimization toward a certifiable standard for quantum information science.
title Certified bounds on optimization problems in quantum theory
topic Quantum Physics
Symbolic Computation
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17713